Watch a conversation featuring U.S. House Freedom Caucus founding Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; Chairman Mark Meadows, R-North Carolina; and member Chip Roy, R-Austin.
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Watch Anthony Scaramucci speak at The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
The former White House communications director talked about his 11 days of infamy, what he thinks of Trump and the media, and who’s going to win in 2020.
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Watch Beto O’Rourke speak at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Beto O’Rourke, the former congressman from El Paso, talked with MSNBC Washington Correspondent Garrett Haake about his race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Watch a 2019 Texas Tribune Festival conversation about President Trump’s reelection bid
Watch several 2016 Republican presidential campaign chiefs talk about what worked and what didn’t in 2016 and how the campaign strategy must pivot in 2020.
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Watch Pete Buttigieg speak at The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
NBC News correspondent Stephanie Ruhle interviewed South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg about his race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Watch Will Hurd speak at The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
The Texas congressman talked about his decision to retire, his support of the president, the future of the Republican Party, the surge of white supremacy and the crisis at the border.
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Politics
Analysis: Texas gun laws might not change, but the conversation is evolving
Repeated mass shootings can change officials’ minds about their policy stances. After recent massacres, Texas politicians and officeholders are talking about guns in new ways.
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TribCast
TribCast: Texas Democrats get their debate moments; a gun debate at home
In this edition of the TribCast, Emma talks to Ross, Patrick and Alexa about the Democratic debate, background checks for stranger-to-stranger gun purchases and a Fort Worth woman who faces a five-year prison sentence for casting a ballot that didn’t count.
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Donald Trump calls Beto O’Rourke “dummy” over assault-weapon buyback proposal
In a tweet Wednesday morning, the president said presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is making it harder to make a deal regarding gun control.
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Criminal Justice
Crystal Mason’s ballot was never counted. Will she still serve five years in prison for illegally voting?
Her lawyers say if her sentence stands, it could discourage low-information voters from going to the polls at all.